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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 6, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on May 6, 1938 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 6, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 6, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cliff Melton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mace Brown |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 10,648 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dolly Stark 1B: George Barr 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Stewart |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
| Jimmy Ripple | Right Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Third Baseman |
| Hank Leiber | Center Fielder |
| Johnny McCarthy | First Baseman |
| Lou Chiozza | Second Baseman |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Cliff Melton | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Handley | Third Baseman |
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Rizzo | Left Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Gus Suhr | First Baseman |
| Pep Young | Second Baseman |
| Ray Berres | Catcher |
| Mace Brown | Pitcher |
| Pie Traynor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 6, 1938
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Brown
Moore hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Moore reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bartell vs. Brown
Bartell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rizzo. Bartell reaches second base with a double. Moore scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ripple vs. Brown
Ripple hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Bartell moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ott vs. Brown
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bartell scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leiber vs. Brown
Leiber takes first base on ball four. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarthy vs. Sewell
Rip Sewell now pitching.
McCarthy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Sewell
Chiozza hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Sewell
Danning hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Melton
Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Handley moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzo vs. Melton
Rizzo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Rizzo reaches second base with a double. Handley scores. Waner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy fields it, throws to third for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Sewell
Melton hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Sewell
Bartell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripple vs. Sewell
Ripple hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Melton
Suhr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Melton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott juggles the ball. That's an error on Ott. Suhr moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berres vs. Melton
Berres hits a fly ball into right field. Ripple settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sewell vs. Melton
Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Sewell
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Sewell
Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Sewell
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Melton
Handley hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Sewell
Chiozza takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Sewell
Danning hits a ball on the ground for an out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Sewell
Melton bunts towards the mound. Sewell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sewell. Danning moves to third. Melton moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Danning scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bartell vs. Sewell
Bartell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Melton scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripple vs. Sewell
Ripple hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Melton
Rizzo hits a fly ball into right field. Ripple settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Melton
Suhr hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leiber. Suhr reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Melton
Young hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Sewell
Ott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leiber vs. Sewell
Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Sewell
McCarthy hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berres vs. Melton
Berres hits a line drive into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Melton
Sewell hits a line drive into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Melton
Handley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Sewell
Chiozza hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Sewell
Danning hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Sewell
Melton bunts for an out with unknown description. Danning moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Melton
Rizzo hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suhr vs. Melton
Suhr hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Sewell
Bartell is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ripple vs. Sewell
Ripple hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Sewell
There goes Bartell. The throw from Berres and he is safe. Bartell steals second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Sewell
There's a wild pitch. Bartell moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ott vs. Sewell
Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bartell scores. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Sewell
Leiber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Sewell
McCarthy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chiozza vs. Klinger
Bob Klinger now pitching.
Chiozza hits a popup, foul, towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Melton
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berres vs. Melton
Berres hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tobin vs. Melton
Jim Tobin pinch hits for Bob Klinger.
Tobin strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Handley vs. Melton
Handley strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Heintzelman
Ken Heintzelman now pitching.
Danning strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Heintzelman
Melton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Heintzelman
Bartell hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzo vs. Melton
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner scores. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suhr vs. Melton
Suhr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chiozza misplays the ball. That's an error on Chiozza. Vaughan moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Melton
Young hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Heintzelman
Ripple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Heintzelman
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Heintzelman, and towards Vaughan, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Ripple moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leiber vs. Heintzelman
Leiber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarthy vs. Heintzelman
McCarthy hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chiozza vs. Heintzelman
Chiozza hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner who is chasing the ball. Chiozza reaches third base with a triple. Waner throws the ball in to Berres who tags Chiozza trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Ripple scores. Leiber goes all the way around to score. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 11 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berres vs. Melton
Berres hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickshot vs. Melton
Johnny Dickshot pinch hits for Ken Heintzelman.
Dickshot hits a line drive into center field. Leiber picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Leiber. Berres moves to third. Dickshot moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Handley vs. Melton
Handley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thevenow vs. Melton
Tommy Thevenow pinch hits for Lloyd Waner.
Thevenow hits a fly ball into right field. Ripple settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brubaker vs. Melton
Bill Brubaker pinch hits for Paul Waner.
Brubaker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Berres scores. Dickshot scores. Handley moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rizzo vs. Melton
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Handley scores. Brubaker moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brubaker scores. Rizzo moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Suhr vs. Coffman
Dick Coffman now pitching.
Suhr is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Coffman
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/6/1938 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)
New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Moore J, lf 4 1 1 1 Handley L, 3b 4 2 2 0
Bartell D, ss 4 2 3 2 Waner L, cf 4 1 2 0
Ripple J, rf 4 1 0 0 Thevenow T, ph 1 0 0 0
Ott M, 3b 5 1 2 2 Waner P, rf 4 1 0 0
Leiber H, cf 3 3 1 1 Brubaker B, ph 1 1 1 2
McCarthy J, 1b 5 1 2 3 Rizzo J, lf 5 0 3 3
Chiozza L, 2b 4 0 1 2 Vaughan A, ss 5 0 2 2
Danning H, c 4 1 1 0 Suhr G, 1b 4 0 1 0
Melton C, p 2 1 0 0 Young P, 2b 5 0 1 0
Coffman D, p 0 0 0 0 Berres R, c 4 1 1 0
Brown M, p 0 0 0 0
Sewell R, p 2 0 0 0
Klinger B, p 0 0 0 0
Tobin J, ph 1 0 0 0
Heintzelman K, p 0 0 0 0
Dickshot J, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 11 11 11 41 7 14 7
New York 500 200 202 -- 11
Pittsburgh 200 000 014 -- 7
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Melton C (W) 8.1 14 7 7 2 2
Coffman D (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Brown M (L) 0.1 3 4 4 1 0
Sewell R 6.1 7 5 3 1 1
Klinger B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Heintzelman K 2.0 1 2 2 3 1
E -- Ott M, Sewell R, Chiozza L, Leiber H
DP -- New York 2, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- New York 5, Pittsburgh 9
2B -- Moore J, Bartell D, Rizzo J, Suhr G
3B -- Chiozza L
HR -- McCarthy J, Leiber H
SB -- Bartell D
SH -- Melton C 2
HBP -- by Sewell R (Bartell D)
WP -- Sewell R
T -- 2:20
A -- 10648
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